Major League Soccer

Mar 12, 2023 at 1.30am UK

Children's Mercy Park

Kansas
0 - 0
LA Galaxy

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Major League Soccer clash between Sporting Kansas City and Los Angeles Galaxy, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Sporting Kansas City

All competitions

Last Game: Colorado 0-0 Kansas
Sunday, March 5 at 2.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

Los Angeles Galaxy

All competitions

Major League Soccer

Last Game: Dallas 3-1 LA Galaxy
Sunday, March 5 at 1.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Sporting Kansas City 1-2 Los Angeles Galaxy

Given that Sporting Kansas City have flattered to deceive during the early stages of the new campaign, we expect LA Galaxy to flex their muscles and claim all three points at Children's Mercy Park.

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Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Sporting Kansas City win with a probability of 40.5%. A win for Los Angeles Galaxy had a probability of 35.36% and a draw had a probability of 24.1%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sporting Kansas City win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.71%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (7.62%) and 2-0 (5.99%). The likeliest Los Angeles Galaxy win was 1-2 (8.06%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.08%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 4.9% likelihood.

Result
Sporting Kansas City	Draw	Los Angeles Galaxy
40.5% ( 0.05)	24.14% ( 0.02)	35.36% ( -0.07)

Both teams to score 60.72% (

-0.09)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

58.26% (

-0.11)

41.74% (

0.11)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

35.85% (

-0.11)

64.14% (

0.11)

Sporting Kansas City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

79.23% (

-0.02)

20.77% (

0.02)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

46.58% (

-0.04)

53.41% (

0.04)

Los Angeles Galaxy Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

76.64% (

-0.09)

23.36% (

0.09)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

42.67% (

-0.13)

57.32% (

0.13)

Score Analysis

Sporting Kansas City 40.5%

Los Angeles Galaxy 35.36%

Draw 24.13%

Sporting Kansas City	Draw	Los Angeles Galaxy
2-1 @ 8.71% ( 0.01) 1-0 @ 7.62% ( 0.03) 2-0 @ 5.99% ( 0.02) 3-1 @ 4.56% 3-2 @ 3.32% ( -0.01) 3-0 @ 3.14% ( 0.01) 4-1 @ 1.79% ( -0) 4-2 @ 1.3% ( -0) 4-0 @ 1.23% ( 0) Other @ 2.82% Total : 40.5%	1-1 @ 11.08% ( 0.01) 2-2 @ 6.34% ( -0.01) 0-0 @ 4.85% ( 0.02) 3-3 @ 1.61% ( -0.01) Other @ 0.25% Total : 24.13%	1-2 @ 8.06% ( -0.01) 0-1 @ 7.06% ( 0.02) 0-2 @ 5.13% ( -0) 1-3 @ 3.91% ( -0.01) 2-3 @ 3.07% ( -0.01) 0-3 @ 2.49% ( -0.01) 1-4 @ 1.42% ( -0.01) 2-4 @ 1.12% ( -0.01) 0-4 @ 0.9% ( -0.01) Other @ 2.2% Total : 35.36%